A new model of sheep Ig diversification: Shifting the emphasis toward combinatorial mechanisms and away from hypermutation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3739-3750

  Jenne, Craig N ^a   Kennedy, Laurie J ^a   McCullagh, Peter ^b   Reynolds, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

EID: 0037378734     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.7.3739     Document Type: Article

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